Cruel Order of James II. 



the three disputed verses in St. John, the 

 authority of which gave rise to so long and so- 

 obstinate a controversy, is one of the most 

 interesting objects. Some maps of Ireland, 

 from surveys made in the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth, represent the country as well 

 wooded. This is very credible, notwithstanding 

 its present denuded appearance ; for, in spite of 

 the western blasts, we observed a very rapid 

 growth of the trees. 



Amongst other relics, we were shown the 

 letter of James the Second to his General at 

 Deny, and to which 1 have before had occasion 

 to advert, blaming him for allowing some of the 

 half starved, famished inhabitants of that place 

 to escape, and ordering him in future to pre- 

 vent any one from quitting the town. It is very 

 unfortunate for the memory of this monarch, that 

 such a wanton proof of his inhumanity should 

 by the care of his contemporaries have been so 

 preserved. The chapel is spacious, and highly 

 ornamented ; the hall is capacious, lofty, and 

 magnificent ; but as a refectory, its splendid 

 construction must ill repay the sufferings of 

 those from cold, who are constrained to dine in 

 it nine months in the year. Mr. Burke's portrait 

 now occupies the place which was formerly 

 allotted to that of Mr. Grattan. The whole 



